, 1887-06-02

Northern Virginia. JULIAN 8. CARR.
MS people were not wealthy, and all
tney had was gone when the war ended.
During his service Mr.. Carr never
missed a duty, and though his merits
won him favorable mention, he refused oil
promotion He left the service and returned
to the university. After a session there he
began business as a merchant In a small way,
In 1858 lie went to Little Rock. Ark. and
engaged In business there In 1870 he pur-
chased third interest In a we'll known to-
bacco factory at Durham. That factory, like
the town Of Durham itself. was destined to
become known wherever tho weed men call
tobacco Is smoked. The man and the busi-
ness had met, and from tho very day Mr.
Carr took charge he was recognized as tho
brains Of the firm, and was given entire
charge OF its mercantile and financial depart.
ments. In that day tho business was small.
whereas now 1t amounts to millions OF dollars
yearly, and when then there were fifty EN-.
ployes there are now over 1000. But whether
the business was great or small, Mr.. Carr
always applied himself to what was In hand.
and has seen the little railway station of
Durham grow TO the noted manufactur ing
town OF 1900 people and become the best
known place In North Carolina or In the en-
tire south, with its particular product, TO-
bacco, In all mems mouths. 1t Is said that
he holds more positions OF business trust than
any man In the state. He Is president Of q
tobacco company which has q capital OF
81 100000; president OF the Durham Rlectria
Light company and OF the Durham and Rox-
borO railway; vice president of the Durhsn
cotton mills and Of the Durham bobbin anl
shuttle mills. He has branches Of his tobanc>
business In all the cities In this country anA
in all the great cities Of the world, and hs
sign, the Durham Bull" adorns fences anl
billboarris In all Canada, the United Btatss
and Mexico. Mr. Carrs wealth Il estimates
at over half million. yet he Is as quiet ana
unobtrusive a. he was when poor private N
Lees army. -
Other honors than thoss gathered In ths
business field have fallen to the lot Of Nr.
Carr Heis member Of the board Of trustees
OF the state university and on its executive
committee. His money and influence have
done much toward rehabilitating that hoa-
ored old institution, which was 10 nearly
wrecked by the war. lie Is a member OF tI.s
Methodist church and Is president OF ti,o
trustees OF Trinity. tho leading college OF
that denomination In the south. He has pivou
that college large sums, and only q month
ago gave $4,000 to its endowmsnt fund. Hs
IL president of tho board OF managers Of
Greensboro Female college, another import
ant Methodist institution. He Is q melnber
OF the board OF trustees Of the female semi
nary at Durham, and has given large sums
thereto. He has been equally generous TO
the Durham graded school with it's ESQ pu-
pills. All these institutions are for whitss,
but Mr.. Carr, with true public spirit, does
not confine his good work to that race alone.
for his charities to the colored people havo
won for him the highest regard Of the latter
in all parts OF the state He Is q member of
the board OF trustees Of the colOred normal
and mechanical college ut Kittrell.
! Mr.. Carr is a member of the board Of
directors OF the Oxford Orphan asylum. q
charity which Is the noblest in tho state,
where 200 orphans are maintained and edu-
Gated, mainly by the Masons of North
Carolina. To this asylum he has been a
| liberal giver, again and again. No man in
the state Is more closely connected with or ~
/ liberal or SO prominent in church and Sunday
school work in the Methodist denomination.
In 1873 he attended the Robert Raikes Sun
day school convention, at London, England
as the delegate from North Carolina, aud la
1881 attended the ecumenical council OF this
Methodists of the world, at the same place.
Since that time he has been a delegate to the
general conference OF the Southern Methodist
Episcopal church and delegate TO the Metbo-
dist centenary at Baltimore. He has given
large sums for the erection of ono of
the finest Methodist churches in the state, at
Durham, and in May presented tho Metho-
dists there with another church, as his abso-
lutte gift. This church has just been dedicated
by Bishop Duncan. IL is said that he has
given churches in various parts OF the statc
of various denominations, and both white
and colored, over $4,000 in the past seven
years.
Mr. Carr is to-day one of the mon most
prominently mentioned in connection witt,
the Democratic nomination for governor
Eight years ago he was nominated for lieu
tenant governor. At the Democratic con
vention at Chicago in 1884 he was delegate
from the state ut large, and did important
committee work. He has not sought political
prefern,ent it has, like other things, como 70
him. He Is thoroughly practical His in
formation about tobacco Is extensive and
thorough, and he Is vice president OF tAs
American Tobacco association. He Is also q
member of the advisory council Of the Amer
lean exposition in London, and will speod
some time there this year.
All this work, so great and varied, has bees,
done, and all these honors won by a man not
yet 43 years Of age; q man of tho people and
for the people; . lyrical North Carolinian
and exponent OF the ~new south" whose COM
preheiisive charity and good works have
brought him success In public fields only
untiring energy and liberal grasp of ideas
have won in the great struggle. His Is the
story of a straightforward. manly, typical
American. FRED A. OLDs.
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